Page Commentary No. 253 (Patreon)

Brellom: Oohoh here she comes.

Gunwild: Action hero jetpacks are so cool. They have been since... well, I don't know, at least the Commando Cody serials. You ever seen Radar Men from the Moon (1952)? Republic made it, it's not hard to find.

Psu: Nope! I suspect it's campy! And also George Lucas probably liked it.

Gunwild: Both are true. Anyway I was today years old when I learned that Commando Cody probably got that name to rip off Commander Corry, hero of an ABC franchise from the era called Space Patrol. So if you like, you can consider Commander Cody from Star Wars to be named after both if them. And what does this knowledge add to your life? Ehh... probably not much.

Psu: It makes for a pretty neat sidebar. But I think our readers want us to talk more about the comic. Like... we can talk about how I don't think letting Theira handle the megaphone might not have been the right call for this situation.

Brellom: Remember kids, guns and military vehicles are not toys. Do not try this at home.

Gunwild: Just another problem with military training and equipment being used for police actions! Ah, well, good thing it's just a comic.

Brellom: anyway i can't wait until maddy lands so she can pwn some scrubs

Gunwild: I admit it's not a very responsible captaining move to jump down and pacify an enemy-occupied installation, but clearly it's part of their culture to get their pride way ahead of practicality. Besides, Kirk would probably do it.

Brellom: At least it looks cool.

Psu: AND Picard in the movies. I think though, we definitely set the standard that in Cassiopeia Quinn universe that the captain on a Regency ship is also expected to maybe be a swashbuckler. Maddy is very hands on and at least she left a very reliable person in charge. Oh... oh shoot. I'm just realizing something. I should've drawn Russ in the last panel, yelling from the ship. I guess I was getting tired and lazy...

Gunwild: It's unlikely he would have been heard without technological assistance, anyway, don't beat yourself up too much.

Psu: I'm always gonna beat myself up. Who else is gonna complain about the weak "Woooosh" lettering in panel 4. I am happy with the whboom in panel 3, though.

Brellom: I could do it

Psu: Brell you can't beat anything up. Not until you learn you shouldn't beat yourself up.

Brellom: ;A;

Brellom: I enjoyed working on this page. I feel like this is when the strength of the visuals started to ramp up. The colours were nice and bold, since we're starting to pull away from the grey of the previous pages. And I really just... I liked rendering Maddy's boots.

Psu: Well I think I had an easier time deciding on the colors for these pages because instead of having to come up with different color schemes for different parts of an alien bases on a shadow planet. I just got to go, "everything is on fire now."

Brellom: We should set things on fire more often.

Psu: NO!